Chapter 1: What details emerged about the Giants courting John Harbaugh?
Some of the details about the courting of John Harbaugh were coming out yesterday, and it was fun to read. I couldn't get enough of it, and I guess there's this Mediterranean restaurant in East Rutherford where Giants lore has been born, and they brought other people there to try to close deals, and Mike McCarthy actually had dinner there. Pat Shermer when he got the deal at dinner there.
But this was a bigger one. And they called up the owner and said, we need that table. And they were going to go off the menu.
Chapter 2: What role did a Mediterranean restaurant play in the negotiation process?
And, you know, what do you want? Does he want, like, a meat? Or does he want a fish? This whole thing. And they were able to close the deal. And it seems like... And Ian O'Connor put this out there, that the Giants and John Harbaugh didn't get far away from each other at all in this process. And John Harbaugh was zeroing in on the Giants almost as much as the Giants were zeroing in on him.
And Chris Mara told Ian O'Connor, And this was after everything was done. I guess Ian had sent a message to Chris Mara along the lines of, hey, if Green Bay opens up, I think that he's probably going to go to Green Bay. And Chris Mara wrote back, well, I wouldn't bet on that. And he knew then that he had had him. And it was just so much fun to listen to that because...
We knew how much the Giants wanted him. We knew how much we wanted the Giants to get him. But to hear how passionate that John Harbaugh was about taking this job makes it even more special. So excited for that press conference. It'll happen at some point next week.
Yeah. The big winner out of all this, in my eyes, right now, as we sit here, is Chris Mayer. Now, there was a great article that was written about John Mara being a part of all these interviews because he is the steward of the franchise and has been and loves the team and cares as much as the fans do.
And I know it's hard to hear somebody say that about a billionaire owner because there's always the argument. that the billionaire owners don't care. Believe me, they are highly competitive. They want to win. They don't want to lose. And when they hold up that Super Bowl trophy, man, that is like the crowning achievement as an owner. And now you are the cock of the walk.
You know what I'm saying?
You are the man. And so the fact that he was able to move some of his treatments around and be a part of all of this, and I think that had to leave an impression on John Harbaugh.
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Chapter 3: How did John Harbaugh's interest in the Giants develop?
That had to. And then the other winner, because of all of this situation, to me, is Chris Mara. Going down there and talking to John Harbaugh and having lunch with him before all of this started. As soon as he could get down there and get it done, he got it done.
And I'm assuming, and I don't know, I'm just assuming Chris is going to be taking a much more active role in really being a part of this team. I know that he's pretty close with the Tisch family, and I think there's a really good relationship there. And to me, the aggressive nature of him going down and selling John Harbaugh on the Giants...
I feel like that is a big part of this that probably isn't really being told.
Yeah, I mean, I think it is to a certain degree, but a lot of the other things are getting in the way of that. But yeah, I mean, Chris was a huge part of this, and Joe Shane doing what he did in this process, also something that was very important.
And Joe Shane at that dinner and that picture that was out there has now become iconic, and people will look back at that if the Giants and John Harbaugh win a Super Bowl together. But yeah, and if... Chris Mara and when Chris Mara... First time a coach ever does that. What's that? Two different places, yeah.
But if and when Chris Mara takes over as the lead owner of the franchise, it feels like... Because there was some discussion about when the Koch family bought in 10%, that maybe when John... However, or whenever John is no longer at the head of the New York Giants, that maybe the Mara family wouldn't be as involved.
No indication is that the case because Chris Mara took this thing, took this bull by the horns, for lack of a better term, and made it happen for his passion for this franchise.
He's got passions for Saratoga and horses, and he has passion for football, but now that's probably going to fall a lot more on his shoulders now. Oh yeah.
Yeah.
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Chapter 4: What impact did Chris Mara have on the hiring process?
And it sounds like it's going to be a decent day for the Broncos and the Bills. But it's still going to be cold. You still have to run the ball. Yeah, that's right.
We talk so much about these high-flying offenses and getting the ball down the field and air yards and big points and wide receivers, but the basis of a lot of these teams, if not all these teams, is establishing the run. It's old-school, hard-nosed, slobber-knocker football, man.
You get excited when you start seeing this because you've got Josh Allen. You know, you got Bo Nix, you got Brock Purdy, you got Sam Darnold. I mean, you think about the quarterbacks that are playing here. I mean, Drake May. I mean, he's young stars that are coming into the league, and now all of a sudden they're in the playoffs already in their second year. Caleb Williams.
I mean, that's amazing. Then you get the Matthew Staffords and the Josh Allens. Yeah. That are right in the middle. Well, Josh is right in the middle of his career, and Matthew could probably play for another three years if he wanted to. But think about that.
Yeah, I'm thinking about it, thinking that hopefully next year we're saying Jackson Dart is one of those young quarterbacks that is in the playoffs. That's what I'm thinking about.
How about Josh Allen's playoff performance? First quarterback in playoff history with zero turnovers in six straight starts. And in those starts, he's totaled 16 touchdowns and zero turnovers. That's amazing. Yeah. He is everything for that team. Absolutely everything.
And with all the injuries around them now, both on defense and offense, the wide receiver position, if they win that game, that would be amazing.
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